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Thank you for your interest in Rock & Water Creations'
technical training seminars and family of realistic
 and
lightweight (GFRC) reinforced concrete products.
Ideal for any commercial or residential job, our GFRC
products provide a more versatile and cost-effective
alternative to natural rock or hand-carving.
As the United State's largest manufacturer and wholesaler
of GFRC boulders and rock panels to the trade, Rock
& Water Creations enjoys a worldwide reputation
for our customer service and the realism of our products.
We're pleased you are expressing interest in our company
as well.
Rock & Water Creations' president Rodger Embury
has 30 years of experience in the water features and
landscape industries and has spent the past decade perfecting
manufacturing techniques to create a wide assortment
of GFRC products with molds taken from actual boulders
and cliffs.
Compared to, for example, a 3,000-pound natural boulder,
a similar-sized rock from our company weighs just 180
pounds and installs much easier and faster, looks better,
costs less and--most importantly--provides a contractor
with a higher profit margin than working with natural
rock or hand-carving.
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We're proud to be in demand by waterscape, landscape
and general construction contractors who have
previously been unable to find a reliable supplier
of quality materials to meet the growing number
of their customers desiring a more impressive,
exotic and natural look in their commercial and
residential projects.
Once they join other trade professionals from
around the country for one of our required two-day
technical seminars in which they're fully familiarized
with proper GFRC installation and finishing techniques,
our contractor customers are able to order an
excellent product that provides the consistency,
versatility and quality they demand.
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How We Calculate Our Basic Pricing
Our wholesale price list is only provided to qualified contractors, architects or designers in the pool, spa,landscaping or construction trades who complete our online "Trade Professionals Info Request" form. Pricing
is based on the square footage of each boulder or rock cliff panel using the actual manufactured surface area. We provide price discounts based on total volume for each individual order. The total square footage of our boulders and rock cliff panels is included in our part number
for each item as seen on our "Product Catalog" pages of this web site. Examples: P3311 ("P" is for panel, "33" is the square footage, "11" is our item number), R0931 ("R" is for
boulder, "9" is the square footage, "31" is our item number).
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Business Forms in PDF
Our contractor order forms and other documents are available in Portable Document Format (PDF) which allows both PC and Macintosh users to easily open, view and print documents created in all types of software applications. If you don't already have Adobe's Acrobat Reader--required
to open PDFs--you can quickly download it for FREE from Adobe by clicking on the icon below.
To download, view and print any of the following PDF forms, click on the title below after you have Adobe's Acrobat Reader installed on your computer:
Material Order Forms
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Product Specifications
Our products are manufactured to a thickness of between
5/8-3/4" with a per-square-foot weight of approx.
9-10 lbs. Total weight estimates can be calculated by
multiplying the square footage of each item by 9-10
lbs. All boulders are hollow and open at the bottom.
The majority of our boulder and rock cliff panels are
cast with one or more metal hooks which can be helpful
when hoisting during unloading and/or on which to tie
steel schedules during installation.
Upon completion of the manufacturing process, all of
our products have a neutral cement tone with a dull,
stone-like appearance. Most, if not all, of our customers
color the boulders and panels on-site after being installed
using techniques learned during our hands-on technical
seminar. We do offer a pre-delivery coloring service
of $3 per square foot in sandstone, light granite and gray-brown finishes
if needed.
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Shipping, Payment Information
We are able to ship within 48 hours of receiving an
order and payment (depending on the carrier, shipping
across country takes an additional 4-5 days). All orders
are FOB Fillmore, CA (Zip: 93015). You can choose to:
Pick-up your order from our manufacturing facility if
you're local enough; Schedule your own carrier; or Allow
us to handle all shipping arrangements. You can also
request that we attempt to provide a better quote from
our shippers than the one you were given by your carrier.
Palleting is available at an additional charge for boulders
if required by retail customers such as nurseries, home
and garden centers, etc. To keep our prices as low as
possible, payment in full is required prior to shipping
(by company or cashier's check, money order, credit
card or bank wire transfer).
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Why Must New Wholesale Customers
Take Our Technical Seminar First?
 Unless
they've already installed GFRC boulders and rock cliff
panels such as ours, or are interested only in our boulder
products, before they place their first order we require
that all new customers complete one of our two-day hands-on technical seminars which are generally held
every three weeks Fri.-Sat. from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at our
Southern California facility.
We've discovered it's a disservice--both to our customers
and us--if we sell our products to others without giving
them the advantage of our years of experience, mixture
formulas, tips on how to avoid common mistakes, and
other tricks of the trade. Completion of one of our
seminars in advance of placing their first order has
enabled new customers to "hit the ground running"
without spending valuable time on the phone with us
in an attempt to gain the knowledge we would have more
skillfully provided them in a hands-on classroom setting.
Besides learning GFRC installation, hand-work, coloring
and other important techniques, individuals who visit
our facility to attend one of our seminars also benefit
from seeing our manufacturing process and are able to
view in-person the full variety and natural detail of
more than 80 different stocked items for ease of ordering
in the future.
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What Skill Prerequisites
Must Seminar Participants Have?
 Rock
& Water Creations wants our customers to be successful,
however our seminars are not designed to teach participants
a career, but rather help them build on the skills and
experience they should already have. We've discovered
that the individuals who are able to fully grasp the
techniques we share in our seminars are those who have
backgrounds with at least several years of experience
in masonry and/or reinforced concrete and hydraulics
(i.e., pumps, understanding of how to "distribute"
water, etc.).
Equally as important, we've noticed that the seminar
participants who almost immediately begin putting their
new knowledge to use are those who display a certain
aggressive "can-do" attitude and are eager
to make the jump to our GFRC technology without returning
to using natural stone or hand-carving--both methods
that most see as outdated and unprofitable when compared
to using our GFRC material. Because our two-day seminars
are small in size, we only accept students who have
the most potential to succeed and therefore require
that participants have, at a minimum, the above trade
experience and a willingness to place their first order
within 60 days of the seminar to take advantage of our
full seminar refund policy (see below).
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What Will I Learn In The Seminar?
Participants in our comprehensive two-day seminars are introduced to the most advanced techniques and materials available today to create awe-inspiring and profitable water features for their commercial and residential clients. Click on the icon below to see the two-day program's curriculum.
How Much Do The Seminars
Cost?
Our seminars are technically free for qualified trade professionals. There is, however, a required deposit of $995 which includes all classroom materials
and two days of instruction for up to two company representatives,
continental breakfasts, full lunches and refreshments and
follow-up technical advice. The complete fee is refunded
if seminar participants' first order within 60 days
of the class totals 300 or more square feet of Rock & Water castings. As an additional bonus, participants who purchase--and take receipt of--an order within 30 days of their seminar date will receive a bonus discount of 25% off their first 300 square feet of boulder or rock cliff panel castings! (Professional training and education
can be tax-deductible. Please contact your accountant
for details). Classes are held at our Southern California
facility, Fri.-Sat. once a month from 8 a.m.-4
p.m. To receive an application or more information,
call (805) 524-5600 or click here.
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Where We're Located In So.
California:
Our manufacturing facility in Southern California is
located inland between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara
(59 miles north of Los Angeles Int'l. Airport and about
20 minutes from Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia).
Some contractors combine their attendance at our seminars
with a family vacation to the state and its popular
attractions. Driving directions and hotel recommendations
are provided once a company has registered for a seminar.
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Still Want More Information?
Trade professionals should click here to download easy-to-read product information or here to request more details or an application to attend an upcoming seminar.
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